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That did my soul good to see, how happy those chickens are! Wish I was closer to buy eggs at that farm. As it is, I try to find the best choices around here, and lucky to have a small country store that carries eggs from a farm. I haven't seen how they are raised with my own eyes, but can only hope they have a good life, as these chicks do. This store also carries grass fed meats and organic or raw milk products. I don't always make it over there, but starting to make more of an effort. It's well worth the extra effort and money!

re: Please explain how you use this tractor attachment to gather your errant chickens. Why wouldn't the chickens follow the herd back to their nest especially at dusk or stormy weather?

"Chicken tractor" is just farm lingo for a mobile chicken house - doesn't even mean it moves very often - and almost never behind a real tractor. It's just easily moved, in this case by hand. When we move it, we do so either with the chickens in it, or keep it within their sight, so they have a rough idea of where to find it.

But not being terribly bright, they can get places where they can't figure out how to get back (around a fence), or they let the tractor get out of sight until it's too dark (other side of house will do). Round'up time.

My city slicker based thoughts were that the trailer was like a bus and you attached it to the tractor and stopped where the chickens were. You pressed a button and the door/cage opens. The attraction of food or other chickens would get the strays to enter by themselves or you would have to run around to catch them and then shove them inside. The chickens would be tired, wet or hungry so they would eventually learn that the mobile provides relief.

Chickens are really amazing little creatures. Thought of as stupid, the cleverness of their instinct is actually amazing to observe (of course, to those [how DO I say this nicely?] of a certain age, that would mean looking up from the phone).

They generally go right back to the place from which they awoke. They communicate in a language. Amazing.

It annoys me to see "vegetarian fed" on egg cartons, as chickens are not vegetarians!